Fishpole-support



(No Model.)

S. D. HORTON. PISHPOLE SUPPORT.

No. 565,001. Patented Aug. 4, 1896.

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STEPHEN D. HORTON, OF PEEKSKILL, NEIV YORK.

FISHPOLE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,001, dated August4:, 1896. Application filed February 24, 1896. Serial No. 580,589. (llomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN D. HORTON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Peekskill, in the county of \Vestchester and State ofNew York, have invented a certain new and useful Fishpole-Support, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for holding fishpoles to relievethe handsof the fisherman,

' tors are applied to similar parts throughout the various views, FigureI represents a side elevation of the complete holder. Fig. II is a viewof the device edgewise. Fig. III is a plan of the part 72 Figs. IV and Vrepresent the two sides of the circular head is of the clampj. Fig. VIis a sectional view of the head 1.", through line 3, Fig. V. Figs. VIIand VIII represent the two sides of the disk h. Fig. IX is a sectionalview of the disk 71. through line 4, Fig. VIII. Figs. X and XI aresectional views through line 2, Fig. I, showing how the several partsare joined together.

Fig. I represents the device as clamped to a seat or other base,(indicated by the broken lines 5.) It will be observed that the devicecomprises a clamp j, a pole-holder a, and a universal joint or swiveluniting the holder and clamp. The end of the clamp opposite the head ofthe screw .9 is continued at an angle into a circular head is, the sidesof which are represented by Figs. IV, V, and VI, the web i uniting saidhead and clamp. The head is provided on one side with an outer edge Z,having a screw-thread inclination of surface, as shown in Figs. II, IV,and VI. The opposite side m of the head has a V elevation around itsouter edge, (shown at m, Figs.V and VI.) A hole pierces the center ofthe head. This completes the parts that are integral with the clamp j. Adisk h, Figs. VII, VIII, and IX, is fitted to the side Z of the head7.1, as shown in Fig. II. This disk is shown in cross-section in Fig.IX, and in Figs. II and VII it is shown to be provided with thumb-lugs nn, Fig. II showing that their purpose is for turning the disk 71-, theturning of which tightens or loosens the swivel. Another disk f isfitted to the side m of the head 70, one of its sides receiving in arecess the V elevation m, as shown in Fig. X, the two joining inawedgelike manner. Upon the outer side of the disk f, as shown in Figs.I, II, and X, are two pairs of raised bearings r r r r, to which thestem (1 of the holder a is fitted, as shown in Fig. X.

The fishing-rod holder at consists of an arm provided at its center witha stem (1, having an enlargement c for the purposes of aclearance-shoulder next the arm. The arm terminates at one end in anupward-turned fork b and at the other end in a downward-turned hook cfor holding the fishin grod,as indicated by the broken lines 1. Aneyebolt t, Figs. I, II, and XI,receives the stem cl, and its screw endpasses through the disks f h and head 70, when the parts are all unitedas shown in Fig. XI.

Fig. vX shows the parts united without the eyebolt, showing that thestem d finds a good bearing between the points 1 r 'r' r. The disk fincloses the rim m on the head 7c.

Fig. XI shows the eyebolt in place binding the several parts together,two nuts being employed on the bolt, one for a check-nut. It will beplain that these parts will all revolve about the bolt, the nuts holdingthem in such relation that the turning of the disk h by means of thelugs n n in the proper direction the parts will be all bound together,and vice versa.

Now reference to the two illustrations, Figs. I and XI, will show thatthe arm a may be turned on its stem as on a pivot, the stem being heldby the eye of the bolt and finding additional bearings in the seats r rr r. Said arm may be likewise tipped up or down by reason of itsholding-disk f turning on the rim m on the head 70. In like manner theclamp may be set at any angle in its relation to the holder a withoutchanging the position of said holder. In use the clamp is first setwherever convenience offers, either vertically, as shown, horizontally,or at any convenient angle. The arm or holder a is then adjusted to anyconvenient position, when, by a simple turn of the disk h, the parts areall made secure in their positions. Only a slight effort is required totighten the clampin g-disk h, so that no ordinary force that may bebrought against the pole will cause the holder to change its position,yet if the fisherman so desires he can move the parts with a littleeffort without loosening the camdisk h.

My device thus described is of lightweight and yet is strong, andoccupies little space. It is not necessaryto separate the parts even forcarrying. There is only one joint to manipulate,and any desiredadjustment may be made within a hairs breadth, there being no arbitrarypoints of adjustment.

as shown and described, having a clampingdiskfon one side and a cam-diskh on the other side, disk f having bearings for the arm a, and the wholeunited by the eyebolt t and tightened by turning the disk 71,substantially as shown and described.

3. In a fishpole-support comprising a support swiveled to a circularhead on the clamp by means of disks on each side of the head, the diskssecured to the head by means of an eyebolt which also grasps thesupport, all substantially as shown and described, the cam-like faces onsaid clamp-head and disk h, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

4. In a swiveled joint for the purpose herein shown and described, thecombination of the clamp-head with the disk carrying bearings for thepole-support having a beveled bearing against said head, and aclampingdisk with a cam-like face bearing against a corresponding faceon said clamp-head, the whole united by an eyebolt which also grasps thepole-support,substantially as shown and described.

Signed at Peekskill, in the county of \Vestchester and State of NewYork, this 4th dav of February, A. D. 1896.

STEPHEN D. HORTON.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN lVIABIE, XVM. MARIE.

